Governance and Legal offers a full range of services, which are tailored to the size and complexity of each organisation. Many of these are listed below:
- Governance reviews and recommendations, including governance restructures and prioritised action plans
- Whole board and committee effectiveness reviews and individual board and committee member appraisals
- Board training and development on various governance related topics customised to the needs of our clients
- Review and drafting of individual and full set of governance policies in line with the client's chosen code of governance
- Assessment of compliance against the requirements of the Charity Code of Governance and an action plan for achieving full compliance where necessary
- Governance and legal support during business restructure such as group consolidation, transfer of engagements, business transfers and mergers
- Support with handling conflicts of interest, including provision of relevant policy documents
- Drafting of Board and Committee Terms of Reference
- Assessment of compliance against the requirements of the NHF Code of Governance 2020 and an action plan for achieving full compliance where necessary (for Housing Associations)
- Assessment of compliance against the Governance and Financial Viability Standards (for Housing Associations)
- Board and committee skills reviews and succession planning
- Review of the effectiveness of board agendas, minutes, matters arising and reports
- Company Secretary support and coaching
- Induction toolkits for new board and committee members
- Board and committee observations
- Board and committee forward planning